Another Planet: A Year in the Life of a Suburban High School - Couverture rigide

Burkett, Elinor

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ISBN 10 : 0066211484 ISBN 13 : 9780066211480

Editeur : Harper, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Burkett Elinor

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An inside account of the state of education in America, from an award-winning journalist who spent a year attending a Minnesota public high school.

In the wake of the disaster at Columbine, one question haunted America: What's going on in our suburban high schools? Award-winning journalist Elinor Burkett went back to school in suburban Minneapolis to find out.

For nine months -- from the opening pep rally through graduation -- she attended classes, hung out with students, sat in on teacher gripe sessions, and interviewed both parents and administrators. With a novelist's eye, she takes readers behind closed doors, revealing a world of mixed messages, manufactured myths, and political hype.

Another Planet offers an insider's view of the lives of suburban teenagers, the plight of the nation's teachers, and the state of American education.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Elinor Burkett has worked as a newspaper reporter, university professor, and magazine writer. A Pulitzer Prize—nominated journalist and the author of eight previous books, she divides her time between the Catskill Mountains of New York and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0066211484
• ISBN 13: 9780066211480
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336